Saturday, April 30, 2005
National Day of Prayer
Okay, so we have several events taking place this week here in Leoti. A prayer walk around town on Sunday the 1st, a youth rally Wednesday night, a prayer time on Thursday morning followed by a breakfast, and a gathering around the flag pole at noon on Thursday. Will we pray, will we merely socialize, will we be a witness to the community - what do you think will happen? Do you think anything will happen? Do you want anything to happen? Since you don't have to put your real name in response, what do you really think of the national day of prayer - what do you think, youth? - young adults? - parents and grandparents? Will you attend? I will be there and would love to see as many as are able to come and pray for the town, the community and the country. Who knows, maybe God will hear our prayers and heal our land?? Give me your thoughts. Be honest.
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Pessimist Here: 20% of gathering will be "into it", 40% will be for "show", 40% will be told they "have to" go.
I like to pray. But National Day of Prayer is not really my thing. Yes, it is important to have a day dedicated to prayer, and to make it public, but it seems a bit showy to me. My prayers are personal conversation between myself and my creator. Shouldn't we spend more time in actual prayer, and less time planning events that may or may not result in prayer?
National Day of Prayer serves a very important role in our community and our nation. It is an outward witness of our inner beliefs. And yes, to some extent it is for show. Not to show how pious we are but to show the world that we are not a secret society. It is a wonderful way for denominations to unite for one cause. We lay aside our differences and agree that God is the one true God, and we pray for his untimate will to be done. But this is not the only time we pray. Many of us pray in our personal "prayer closets" i.e. .....the bathroom, the car, the garden, on our daily health walk, in the shower. And guess what! I forgot to go this year.
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